Vazirabad (horse)

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GrandsireMonsun
DamVisorama
DamsireLinamix
Vazirabad
SireManduro
GrandsireMonsun
DamVisorama
DamsireLinamix
SexGelding
Foaled8 March 2012[1]
CountryFrance
ColourGrey
BreederAga Khan IV
OwnerAga Khan IV
TrainerAlain de Royer-Dupré
Record23: 15-6-0
Earnings£2,465,935
Major wins
Prix de Lutèce (2015)
Prix Chaudenay (2015)
Prix Royal-Oak (2015, 2016)
Dubai Gold Cup (2016, 2017, 2018)
Prix Vicomtesse Vigier (2016, 2017, 2018)
Prix Gladiateur (2016, 2017)
Prix du Cadran (2017)

Vazirabad (foaled 8 March 2012) is a French Thoroughbred racehorse. He is a specialist stayer who has shown his best form over extended distances. He was unraced as a juvenile but made a major impact as a three-year-old in 2015 when he won the Prix de Lutèce, Prix Chaudenay and Prix Royal-Oak and was rated among the top 50 racehorses in the world. In the following year he won the Dubai Gold Cup, Prix Vicomtesse Vigier, Prix Gladiateur and a second Prix Royal-Oak. As a five-year-old he repeated his victories in the Dubai Gold Cup, Prix Vicomtesse Vigier and Prix Gladiateur as well as taking the Prix du Cadran. In 2018 he recorded further wins in both the Dubai Gold Cup and Prix Vicomtesse Vigier.

Vazirabad was bred in France by his owner, Aga Khan IV. He was sent into training with Alain de Royer-Dupré in France and was gelded before the start of his racing career. He was initially described as being bay or brown but it eventually became clear that he was a grey horse whose true colour had taken time to express itself. Vazirabad was ridden in most of his races by Christophe Soumillon.

He was one of the best horses sired by Manduro, a German-bred stallion who was rated the best racehorse in the world in 2007, a year which saw him win the Prix d'Ispahan, Prince of Wales's Stakes and Prix Jacques Le Marois.[2] Vazirabad's dam Visorama was a half-sister to Varenar (Prix de la Forêt) and Visindar (Prix Greffulhe) as well as being a high-class racemare in her own right who won the Prix de Flore and finished third in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud.[3] She was descended from the American mare Continue (foaled 1958) who was the female-line ancestor of Swale, Shadeed and Forty Niner.[4]

Racing career

Pedigree

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